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Beatriz Carrasquer-Álvarez; Adrián Ponz-Miranda – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Research into seed germination classroom activities has been common in the last few decades. Didactic proposals have generally focused on the implementation of guided activities in a specific educational stage and context, and an evaluation of the results. However, it is not evident that students approach seed and germination concepts with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Students, Plants (Botany)
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Fernández-González, Carmen; Franco-Mariscal, Antonio-Joaquín – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
The plant kingdom can be learned more successfully if tasks involve direct contact with elements of the plant world and students have the possibility of working cooperatively in small groups within the secondary school classroom. This paper analyses student understanding of the general and floral physiology of angiosperms within a…
Descriptors: Biology, Botany, Cooperative Learning, Secondary School Students
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José Domingo Villarroel; Maria Merino; Alvaro Antón – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Previous research indicates that young children, as young as preschoolers, spontaneously draw dihedral and cyclic symmetries in their representations of the natural world. This is an intriguing find because at this age children have barely had their first contact with formal geometry and, therefore, one would not expect to find a use of symmetries…
Descriptors: Young Children, Childrens Art, Geometric Concepts, Skill Development
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Javier Bobo-Pinilla; Javier Marcos-Walias; Jaime Delgado Iglesias; Roberto Reinoso Tapia – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Plant blindness refers to the tendency of people to overlook and undervalue plants in their environment, which can have negative consequences for both the environment and human well-being. As pre-service teachers play a key role in shaping the environmental attitudes and knowledge of future generations, it is important to assess their level of…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Consciousness Raising, Botany, Science Education
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Pedrera, Oier; Ortega-Lasuen, Unai; Ruiz-González, Aritz; Díez, José Ramón; Barrutia, Oihana – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Although citizenship's literacy in biodiversity is a promising way of confronting its loss, the unawareness about this topic is generalised particularly regarding plants. The latter phenomenon, named Plant Blindness (PB), not only refers to the inability to notice and identify the surrounding plants, but also to the lack of knowledge about the…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Biodiversity, Secondary School Students, Scientific Concepts
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Torres-Porras, Jerónimo; Alcántara-Manzanares, Jorge – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
Interpreting the landscape that surrounds us is somewhat personal. However, it is necessary to explore the interpretation made by future teachers so that we can reflect on their observations. This study collected data from five academic years of undergraduates in Early Childhood Education (N = 421), who were asked to fill out a questionnaire with…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Scientific Concepts, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Anna Solé-Llussà; Andrea Saba-Mayoral; Sofía Sánchez; Teresa Capell; Manuel Ibáñez – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
We designed and evaluated a student laboratory workshop on plant-based vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The workshop focused on hands-on laboratory techniques, including DNA extraction from rice seeds, where the recombinant protein was produced, detection of the transgene, and basic concepts on how vaccines work in the human body to offer…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Science Laboratories, Experiential Learning, Secondary School Students
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López-Banet, Luisa; Miguélez Rosique, José Antonio; Martínez-Carmona, Marina; Ayuso Fernández, Gabriel Enrique – Education Sciences, 2022
The increase in childhood obesity requires the incorporation of nutritional competence into school programs through appropriate activities, starting in the early years. In addition, it is important to promote scientific and cognitive skills during childhood education. The main objective of this study was the implementation of an instructional…
Descriptors: Food, Competence, Preschool Children, Science Education
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Barrutia, Oihana; Ruiz-González, Aritz; Sanz-Azkue, Iñaki; Díez, José Ramón – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Species literacy is an important aspect of biodiversity education. This study assesses the ability of secondary students (12/13 years old; n = 944) to list wild animals and plants and aims to determine whether this is linked with their interest in nature, their preferences towards animals and plants and different groups therein, the school type…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Plants (Botany), Wildlife, Student Interests
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Villanueva, Xabier; Villarroel, José Domingo; Antón, Alvaro – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
This study examines the drawings that 178 young children carried out on two different occasions separated by a period of one year to explain their understanding of the plant world. The pictorial content of the drawings was analysed in accordance to the categories that previous research has proved to be useful when it comes to gaining an insight…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Early Childhood Education, Freehand Drawing, Concept Formation
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Kopnina, Helen – Education Sciences, 2020
This article will discuss social, environmental, and ecological justice in education for sustainable development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG). The concept of sustainable development and, by extension, the ESD, places heavy emphasis on the economic and social aspects of sustainability. However, the ESD falls short of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Justice, Ecology
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Delgado-Sanchez, J. M.; Lillo-Bravo, I. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
The design of solar power plants and the operating principles are learned by engineering students during the last academic year. Typically, this subject is taught using the traditional methodology based on lectures where students are not considered as an active player of the class. The aim of this experience was to implement innovative…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Energy, Teaching Methods, Engineering Education
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Marcos-Walias, Javier; Bobo-Pinilla, Javier; Delgado Iglesias, Jaime; Reinoso Tapia, Roberto – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Plant awareness disparity (PAD), formerly known as plant blindness, refers to the fact of overlooking or failing to perceive plants, perhaps due to poor 'species literacy'. Despite numerous efforts made by scientists and educators over the years, PAD is still present in students at all educational levels. An assessment was carried out on 259…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Plants (Botany), Biodiversity, Wildlife
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Barrutia, Oihana; Díez, José Ramón – Journal of Biological Education, 2021
Plant nutrition is a complex subject at any educational level therefore, identification of student's ideas regarding this scientific concept is important in order to define the best instructional learning method. In this study, we conduct a cross-age comparison of the conceptual understanding of compulsory students and prospective elementary…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
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Villarroel, José Domingo; Antón, Alvaro; Zuazagoitia, Daniel; Nuño, Teresa – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
Drawing activities are believed to be a useful methodology to gain insight into young children's thoughts and ideas related to a diverse range of research topics. In this respect, the study of drawings has proven to be a valuable procedure with a view to unravelling how the natural world is conceptualised in early childhood. The present study…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Young Children, Plants (Botany), Natural Resources
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